Racing got underway today at the Volvo RYA Youth Championships and Trials at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy, Great Britain.

The event is serving as selection trial for the British team for the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships to take place in Canada in July.

Although sailors could not see the other side of Portland Harbour first thing this morning, the fog lifted to reveal a pleasant day with a good breeze of 8-12 knots.

In the highly competitive 31 boat 29er class, it was the girls who dominated the fleet proving to the boys that they could hold their own in these conditions. Pippa Wilson, who has recently made the transition from the cadet class to the 29er, and crew Jenny Marks dominated the fleet, sailing well in the tricky conditions to take two bullets, a fifth and a second place.

In the Laser Standard fleet the competition is extremely high with any of a number of sailors capable of winning the Championships and the coveted honour of representing Great Britain at the ISAF World Championships. After scoring a 5th place at the end of last year at the Europa Cup in Croatia, Charles Baillie-Strong carried on his good form to win the first race of the day followed by a fifth place and another first place. Although rival Laser sailor Nick Scott could not match Baillie-Strong on first places, he sailed smart and ensured he finished in the top three in each race to even Baillie-Strong on points at the end of the day.

In the impressive 117 boat Laser Radial class, the fleet was split into two flights, each flight will sail a maximum of six races and then the top 50% will make up the gold fleet and the rest the silver. After day one, the scores are combined, Nick Thompson leads the fleet from James Tilley. 2001 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships bronze medal winner Natalie Lloyd had a good day, scoring a sixth, fifth and a first place overall to put her at the top of the girls leader board and giving the boys a run for their money.

Out on the 420 race course Scottish sailors Elvind Karlsen and crew Haakon Karlsen won the first race, but at the end of the day the consistent sailing from Oliver Dix and crew Philip Lasko with a 3,4,3 scoreline put them at the top of the leader board after day one by seven points from the Scottish pair. Top girls of the day were Charlotte Savage and Maia Walsh, who were sixth in the first race of the day and followed it up with a nineteenth and a fifth to end day one in ninth place overall.

Ben Mansfield and Ben Hicks lead the Hobie 16 class from Ben Cutler-Sharp and Rupert Stock by only one point after scoring a two first places and a fourth.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) and his TREFOR Match Racing Team clinched victory today at the Energa Sopot Match Race, Poland, the 10th stage and World Championship Event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).

There was no stopping current, and five-time ISAF Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams (GBR), GAC Pindar today at the Energa Sopot Match Race as he swiftly dispatched his Quarter Final opponent Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) in three straight wins.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) continues to address concerns and is taking steps to ensure the health and safety of all athletes who will be competing in the upcoming Aquece Rio, Olympic Test Event and the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Veteran Polish match racer and America's Cup helmsman Karol Jablonski skilfully played the gusty conditions today to lead the twelve strong field of teams at the end of Day 2 of Qualifying at the 2015 Energa Sopot Match Race.